Samson and Delilah
Australia
2009
101 Min
Color
1.85:1
Aboriginal, English
Synopsis
Samson, a cheeky 15-year-old boy, and Delilah live in an isolated Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert. In amongst a tiny collection of houses, everything here happens in a cycle. Day in and day out – nothing changes, everything stays the same and no one seems to care. The two teenagers soon discover that life outside the community can be cruel. Though hungry and rejected Samson and Delilah fall in love. It is all they have. It is real. And when tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone they discover that life isn’t always fair, but love never judges. —Cannes Film Festival
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Duino
27Jun11
This film refuses to turn away from the ugliness and violence of dispossession. These kids have nothing, not even themselves. But it never lets us turn away either, and that will be uncomfortable for some, and revelatory for others. Great film-making, and extraordinary, unforgettable performances.
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It’s pretty rare for an Australian film to meet the Oscar eligibility criteria for Best Foreign Language Film, so when it happens and a film is pushed forward by the filmmaking authorities, everyone gets
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By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
By milkandhoney on June 16, 2010
What can I say about Samson and Delilah? It’s bleak, depressing, gritty, tender, sweet and funny. With barely a word of dialogue spoken throughout you’d be forgiven for thinking it would struggle… read review
Your eyes are making me laugh … Samson & Delilah
By jaredmobarak on December 30, 2009
I’d say that the tagline of ‘True Love’ is a tad misleading. Granted, the young romance at hand is what got me invested in the tale, but the absolute squalor in which they live—not to mention the toxic… read review
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